A better world is possible!

At 6:00pm there will be a potluck and social hour before the meeting business starts at 7:00pm. Feel free to bring guests along as well as anything you want for the potluck (no alcohol allowed). Once the meeting gets going we will have committee report backs, a political education segment, and discussion over any business brought to the chapter internally and externally. This meeting will be hybrid--To access the virtual portion, RSVP for the Zoom login! A reminder email will be sent out the day of the meeting with the Zoom credentials.

Join us as we canvass businesses to join the NA4A campaign! We will visit businesses, tell them about how going Apartheid Free supports Palestinians and attracts a passionate group of customers, and work with them to sign up if they are interested. We will train volunteers on how to have these conversations at the start. For this session, you are also welcome (but not required) to go to a more general training on canvassing for elections and other campaigns hosted by the Electoral Committee 10am-12:30pm right around the corner at CLP East Liberty. RSVP for that canvass training here: https://pghdsa.solidarity.tech/electoral-canvassing-training

Needs Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bP1VgF74U93b2QeTmsHiKp391y5BfVrzLYfAqFuu03Y/edit?usp=drivesdk

Please join use for our first session of reading "Love in a F*cked-Up World" by Dean Spade.Here is the list of chapters we will focus on for each date.Ch. 4 - Oct. 13https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dean-spade/love-in-a-fcked-up-world/9781643756462/  Book Summary:In this inspiring self-help handbook, a trans activist dares us to be the change we want to see—both out in the world, and amongst our closest connections.Lifelong activist and educator Dean Spade dares us to decide that our interpersonal actions are not separate from our politics of liberation and resistance. Many activist projects and resistance groups fall apart because people treat each other poorly, trying desperately to live out the cultural myths about dating and relationships that we are fed from an early age. How do we divest from the idea that one romantic partner will be the solution to all our problems? How do we bring our best thinking about freedom and justice into step with our desires for healing and connection?  Love in a F*cked-Up World is a resounding call to action and a practical manifesto for how to combat cultural scripts and take our relationships into our own hands, preparing us for the work of changing the world.

Join Pittsburgh Democratic Socialists of America, Asian and Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) for a training on your rights if ICE comes to your workplace and how you can prepare yourself and your coworkers for that possibility. All workers welcome! Wednesday, October 21, 2026 from 6pm to 8pm. RSVP to receive location information closer to the date of the training. 

Join this meeting of the Abolition & Anti-Imperialism Committee of Pittsburgh DSA to discuss our work as a committee and to present new ideas! Overview: Preventing and undoing harm caused by police, the prison industrial complex, and the military industrial complex, both in the US and abroad. Education: Promoting discussion of Abolitionist and Anti-imperialist ideas and literature through discussion groups. Projects: No Appetite for Apartheid, solidarity with Cuba & Venezuela, ICE Out Priority Campaign Reviewing recent updates within the Pittsburgh abolition & anti-imperialism movement. Providing updates on upcoming events related to committee scope

Join us for a virtual training on how to spot, report and patrol for ICE activity in your neighborhood. We will also be going over in person and digital security measures to take while communicating and patrolling for ICE activity. 

Workers have tremendous power to fight back against a system that treats them like dirt. As socialists, we believe the workplace is a key site of struggle that connects members of the working class and shows them the collective power they have to win a better world. Pittsburgh DSA supports labor organizing through: Solidarity with workers (Supporting their picket lines, rallies, and other calls to action) Helping to mentor workers looking to organize their workplaces (through EWOC) Connecting socialists and union members who want to make their unions stronger, militant fighting organizations Developing and training our members and the community.

Join us as we research the electoral makeup of the Greater Pittsburgh Metro, determine where the most important target areas are, and plan out a path for a Socialist Pittsburgh!